Migrant deaths and disappearances are part of Biden’s legacy on immigration.
The Biden administration leaves a sprawling and well-resourced deportation machine to Donald Trump, who is promising mass expulsion
> The Biden administration leaves a sprawling and well-resourced deportation machine to Donald Trump, who is promising mass expulsion
U.S. Supreme Court will hear Texas anti-pornography law that challengers say violates free-speech rights.
Porn sites are not accessible in Texas as companies cite the onerous process and privacy issues associated with setting up age verification.
> Porn sites are not accessible in Texas as companies cite the onerous process and privacy issues associated with setting up age verification.
Socioeconomic Disparities in Exposures to PFAS and Other Unregulated Industrial Drinking Water Contaminants in US Public Water Systems.
> Our analysis found more frequent detections of unregulated industrial contaminants in public water systems serving higher proportions of Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black residents. These associations persisted even after taking other factors into account (e.g., SES, proximity to pollution sources). Although some of the associations between race, ethnicity, and unregulated contaminants can be explained by disproportionate siting of industrial facilities, our analysis suggests that other factors contribute to disparities in exposures to unregulated drinking water contaminants. Our analysis indicates that drinking water disparities can be overlooked and underestimated when research narrowly focuses on regulated chemicals in drinking water. Elucidating other vulnerability factors and mechanisms by which demographics influence drinking water can promote actions to implement the SDWA more effectively and equitably.
Europe mulls seizing Russia’s billions to aid Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden reportedly pushing for Europe to seize assets as future leverage over Moscow
Artificial Humanitarianism—The Data-Driven Future of Refugee Responses.
AI and big data are changing contemporary humanitarianism for better and worse.
Huh? Who reported on this before Public Citizen?
Cocaine use in France doubles as workplace pressures drive demand.
> The number of cocaine users in France has nearly doubled to 1.1 million, with employees increasingly using the drug to cope with workplace pressures, a government report revealed on Wednesday.
Don’t Use Session (Signal Fork).
Last year, I outlined the specific requirements that an app needs to have in order for me to consider it a Signal competitor. Afterwards, I had several people ask me what I think of a Signal fork c…
Maternal death reviews get political as state officials intrude.
Every state has a committee of medical and public health experts tasked with investigating deaths that occur during and after pregnancy.
> Every state has a committee of medical and public health experts tasked with investigating deaths that occur during and after pregnancy. > > But as data paints a clearer picture of the impact that state policies such as abortion bans and Medicaid expansion can have on maternal health, leaders in some states are rushing to limit their review committee’s work — or halt it altogether.
COVID-19 advocates are distributing masks to protect Californians from wildfire smoke.
As the skies of Los Angeles filled with smoke this week from multiple raging wildfires, many residents quickly recognized failures in local and state governments’ ability to protect them from hazardous air pollution. Community members from local COVID-19 advocacy and mutual aid groups stepped in to ...
> As the skies of Los Angeles filled with smoke this week from multiple raging wildfires, many residents quickly recognized failures in local and state governments’ ability to protect them from hazardous air pollution. Community members from local COVID-19 advocacy and mutual aid groups stepped in to fill this gap, providing stockpiled respirators and information about the importance of indoor air purification during wildfires.
Convert E-books into audiobooks with Kokoro 82M.
A guide on how to convert .epub e-books into high-quality audiobooks narrated by neural text-to-speech
Floating Solar Panels Could Power 100 Million Homes in the U.S.
Scientists and analysts at NREL quantified for the first time exactly how much energy could be generated from floating solar panel projects installed on federally owned or regulated reservoirs.
Building a better flu vaccine.
A vaccine made by connecting antigens from different flu strains together elicited a more broadly protective immune response than a conventional flu vaccine.
> At a Glance > > - A vaccine made by connecting antigens from different flu strains together elicited a more broadly protective immune response than a conventional flu vaccine. > - The findings suggest a way to make flu vaccines more effective.
Biden to lift state sponsor of terrorism designation on Cuba.
The US president moves to free many political prisoners and human rights defenders in Cuba, helping ongoing negotiations by the Catholic Church
> U.S. President Joe Biden notified Congress on Tuesday that he intends to delist Cuba as a U.S.-designated state sponsor of terrorism in a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.
South Korea’s Yoon detained, a first for country.
Following an early morning raid, Yoon appeared for questioning related to an insurrection probe
> South Korean authorities detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol early Wednesday, the country’s anti-corruption agency announced, following a tense, five-hour standoff at his heavily guarded mountain compound in Seoul.
U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users.
Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.
> Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.
> - American users have flocked to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu in defiance of security warnings. > - Chinese and American users have engaged in surprisingly friendly conversations about each other’s lives. > - The influx of American users could burden Xiaohongshu’s censorship mechanism, experts say.
SEC Charges Elon Musk for Violating the Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements of the Federal Securities Laws.
> According to the SEC’s complaint, after Musk failed to timely file a beneficial ownership report by March 24, 2022, he purchased more than $500 million worth of Twitter common stock between March 25, 2022 and April 1, 2022. As alleged, because Musk failed to timely file a beneficial ownership report with the SEC, he was able to make these purchases of Twitter common stock at artificially low prices from the unsuspecting public, who had not yet priced in the undisclosed material information of Musk’s beneficial ownership of more than five percent of Twitter common stock and investment purpose. According to the SEC’s complaint, Musk underpaid by at least $150 million for his purchases of Twitter common stock in this period. The complaint further alleges that, due to Musk’s failure to timely file a beneficial ownership report with the SEC, investors that sold Twitter common stock between March 25, 2022 and April 1, 2022 did so at artificially low prices, thereby suffering substantial economic harm.
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